Assuming such a thing could be "alive," then damn right she killed that drone. It wasn't one of Abby's cute lil' butterfly-winged pet Zen drones, it was a clockwork quasit whose sole purpose was to violate peoples privacy._________________

mouse wrote:

almost a shame to waste dennis' talent on him.
except it's always a pleasure to see a good dennis insult.

Assuming such a thing could be "alive," then damn right she killed that drone. It wasn't one of Abby's cute lil' butterfly-winged pet Zen drones, it was a clockwork quasit whose sole purpose was to violate peoples privacy.

I'm aware, but goodness, death seems disproportionate retribution for violating privacy! The drones may be evil, but they're still sentient and have the potential to become benevolent, or at least unaligned... and they are certainly at least as alive as the un-awakened fembots!

you're referring to us seeing the continuation of slick's plotline, right? cause that totally was denied

I was more referring to the drone being denied the photograph it sought.

Personally, I'm hoping Tat does his usual short strips about random whatnot, and we get a Sunday strip in which Slick does something(s) major, sincere, and dramatic to turn his life around. Goes to Xanthe for actual help, completely quits porn, makes makes up with Nique, says he's sorry for being an ass, all that whatnot.

I want to see this too, but I'd rather he goes to Nana for help instead of Xanthe. I like Xanthe but I think Slick needs somebody more patient and understanding right now. Xanthe is too likely to attack him right now and that's just going to drive Slick back. Slick needs to be lead into the light not punched while he still stands in darkness. I think Nana would be more likely to show him how the patriarchy works and how he has privilege without being accusatory and guilt tripping. I don't think Xanthe is malicious, I just think she's young and passionate and that is just going to overwhelm Slick.

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Posted: Fri Aug 23, 2013 1:29 pm Post subject:

Shy bunny. Good choice. I like it.

We have all argued about the drones' sentience in the past...

The prevailing opinion seems to be that until being zenzapped or shot with cupid's arrows or some sort of similar hullabaloo, they are not actually sentient.

It may be that they have a sort of single conscience that doesn't care about the fates of the individual drones (hive-mind, if you will), it may be that they only have enough programming to occasionally make dry remarks and are actually controlled directly in most, if not all other ways by DevilCorp or it may be that they are simply programmed to do their jobs, and that extraneous thought is limited to where they cannot actually think or feel.

I am actually have my nagging doubts that they are, in fact, at least partially sentient, and that I should object to their being smashed about, but I'm fine with along with the prevailing view until otherwise is proven.

The dude abides, man._________________Good day, good people!

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Posted: Fri Aug 23, 2013 1:36 pm Post subject:

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I want to see this too, but I'd rather he goes to Nana for help instead of Xanthe. I like Xanthe but I think Slick needs somebody more patient and understanding right now. Xanthe is too likely to attack him right now and that's just going to drive Slick back. Slick needs to be lead into the light not punched while he still stands in darkness. I think Nana would be more likely to show him how the patriarchy works and how he has privilege without being accusatory and guilt tripping. I don't think Xanthe is malicious, I just think she's young and passionate and that is just going to overwhelm Slick.

Hmm. You're right. Nana would be better to start with. I certainly would like to see some interaction between Slick and Nana, at least. I think that would be an interesting dynamic.

But Slick should speak to Xanthe eventually. I think she felt personally betrayed when she saw Slick among the mob in that one Sunday strip (I don't remember which one, but it was the one that brought her to the "no male allies" conclusion)._________________Good day, good people!

I want to see this too, but I'd rather he goes to Nana for help instead of Xanthe. I like Xanthe but I think Slick needs somebody more patient and understanding right now. Xanthe is too likely to attack him right now and that's just going to drive Slick back. Slick needs to be lead into the light not punched while he still stands in darkness. I think Nana would be more likely to show him how the patriarchy works and how he has privilege without being accusatory and guilt tripping. I don't think Xanthe is malicious, I just think she's young and passionate and that is just going to overwhelm Slick.

Hmm. You're right. Nana would be better to start with. I certainly would like to see some interaction between Slick and Nana, at least. I think that would be an interesting dynamic.

But Slick should speak to Xanthe eventually. I think she felt personally betrayed when she saw Slick among the mob in that one Sunday strip (I don't remember which one, but it was the one that brought her to the "no male allies" conclusion).

Oh, of course, he should definitely interact with Xanthe again. It'd be a rough road for them, but I think Nana would also make a good mediator between them.

The prevailing opinion seems to be that until being zenzapped or shot with cupid's arrows or some sort of similar hullabaloo, they are not actually sentient.

It may be that they have a sort of single conscience that doesn't care about the fates of the individual drones (hive-mind, if you will), it may be that they only have enough programming to occasionally make dry remarks and are actually controlled directly in most, if not all other ways by DevilCorp or it may be that they are simply programmed to do their jobs, and that extraneous thought is limited to where they cannot actually think or feel.

I am actually have my nagging doubts that they are, in fact, at least partially sentient, and that I should object to their being smashed about, but I'm fine with along with the prevailing view until otherwise is proven.

The dude abides, man.

I have to disagree here. They are sentient, even the non-zen-zapped ones. Try to remember that strip with two drones, one enlightened and one "normal" and the enlightened one convinced the "normal" one to dive into the street or something by calling it a coward (chicken call and all). That doesn't seem like hive-minded, record and obey behaviour.

Assuming such a thing could be "alive," then damn right she killed that drone. It wasn't one of Abby's cute lil' butterfly-winged pet Zen drones, it was a clockwork quasit whose sole purpose was to violate peoples privacy.

I'm aware, but goodness, death seems disproportionate retribution for violating privacy! The drones may be evil, but they're still sentient and have the potential to become benevolent, or at least unaligned... and they are certainly at least as alive as the un-awakened fembots!

I agree that it is rather extreme, but perhaps given the circumstances Lil Sis might not think so. She needed to do something to stop the drone from spreading those images quickly and if she doesn't feel drones are sentient but are controlled, it would seem an obvious choice._________________

I think the strip you posted reinforces the idea that it is a war...an openly declared one, in fact. It's stil in terms of guerilla warfare, but stil warfare. It's been pointed before, when one posted a"sisterhood is doing x and it's wrong/violent/hurtful", like the potential harm to devilcrop employees that war has casualties..., it's not bloodless. Cute spydrones included.

I'm mostly shocked because of how rare violent death is in SinFest generally. Mostly it happens off-panel or with symbolic cutaways (i.e. Death and the dying years). The way that the staff rips out the drone's eye on exit just makes me cringe, even more so than the first time she did it, where I wasn't certain whether or not the drone died as a result.

If somebody took creepshots of me I'd be pretty embarrassed and traumatized, but if a vigilante/would-be hero presuming to be my savior proceeded to impale my harasser through the head with a bo staff right in front of me, I'm sure that I would have PTSD and internalized guilt about the whole event for the rest of my life on top of the trauma and shame.

What makes Lil'Sis and interesting character is that she's morally ambiguous. More specifically, though, her heart is in the right place but her means are at times plain wrong, as well as a general approach towards feminism that could have some working on.

It's something that's virtually non-existent in Sinfest and quite welcome as far as I'm concerned, but yeah, I don't think she should be expected to be morally perfect nor an 'accurate' representation of the Sisterhood._________________Welcome to Sinfest, the only place with a 46 pages long thread about sentient toasters